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Ammo, Ambition, and Audits: David Packouz’s $300 Million Government Contracting Playbook | Ep. 249 | Pt 2

Mike Drop

Mike Ritland

Society & Culture, Documentary, Politics, News

4.96.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2 of The Mike Drop podcast with Mike Ritland, David Packouz dive deeper into the wild world of government contracting and the real story behind War Dogs. David peels back the curtain on the Hollywood exaggerations, sharing what really happened with the infamous $300 million Afghan contract, his partnership with Efraim Diveroli, and the shady dealings that led to their downfall. From Albanian mob connections to high-stakes risks, this episode uncovers the gritty truth of their arms-dealing ventures and how David turned his experiences into War Dogs Academy. Stay tuned for an unfiltered look at ambition, betrayal, and lessons learned the hard way! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.6

Obviously, you've mentioned multiple times they toned him down.

0:33.6

Do you think Jonah was a good fit for portraying him and did a good job doing so?

0:37.8

I think Jonah made him more likable.

0:41.2

Definitely made him more likable.

0:43.1

Jonah is a great actor, of course.

0:47.5

And that laugh he made for, that was completely invented.

0:52.9

He didn't, he does, he does effort does not laugh like

0:54.6

that you know Ephraim you know Jonah goes a you know some weird thing like

0:59.9

you know Ephraim in real life goes whoa ho ho like that yeah so I mean he yeah

1:05.3

Jonah never met Ephraim so he he wasn't like trying when when they make a film

1:09.7

about people who aren't famous then then they don't really care to

1:15.6

accurately portray the character or the look of the person.

1:19.6

So like when they're doing something about Freddie Mercury, they need to get someone who looks like

1:23.6

Freddie Mercury or Elvis or whoever, because everyone knows what these people look like. Nobody knew what I look like or what Ephraim would look like or what our personalities were so they

1:31.3

they didn't really care um so yeah so Jonah kind of went to town to make up his own version of

1:36.2

liberty's to make the character more entertaining that makes sense if you if you could have

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